{"product_id":"9781961341708","title":"A Domestic Animal","description":"Author: Francis King\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781961341708\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: McNally Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, heartbreaking tale of unrequited love by 'one of the finest and most remarkable English novelists of our time.' (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Valli, a gifted Italian philosopher in his thirties, has left his wife and children behind in Florence for a one-year research fellowship at a provincial English university. Handsome and charming, Antonio is irresistible to men and women both  and he knows it. One who falls under his spell is Dick Thompson, a successful middle-aged novelist from whom Antonio rents a room. For the first time in years, Dick finds himself desperately, passionately in love, but the games the manipulative Italian plays with him throw the older man's life into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished only three years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, \u003ci\u003eA Domestic Animal\u003c\/i\u003e is Francis King's most intimate and daringly autobiographical novel: a 'wry, anguished study...of love and jealousy [that] is hard to forget' (Robert Baldick, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875649015966,"sku":"ADS-9781961341708","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781961341708.jpg?v=1779754663","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781961341708","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}